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when it comes to our tax code, governor romney and i both agree that our corporate tax rate is too high. so i want to lower it, particularly for manufacturing, taking it down to 25%. but i also want to close those loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas, i want to provide tax breaks for companies that are investing here in the united states, on energy, governor romney and i both agree, we have to boost american energy production. and oil and natural gas production are higher than they have been in years. but i also believe that we have to look at the energy source of the future, like wind, solar and bio-fuels and make those investments. so all of this is possible. now, in order foritous do it, we to have to close our deficit. one of the think thises i am sure we will be discussing is how do we deal with our tax code and make sure we are reducing spending in a responsible way and have the revenue to make the investments. this is where there is a difference because governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of
when it comes to our tax code, governor romney and i both agree that our corporate tax rate is too high. so i want to lower it, particularly for manufacturing, taking it down to 25%. but i also want to close those loopholes that are giving incentives for companies that are shipping jobs overseas, i want to provide tax breaks for companies that are investing here in the united states, on energy, governor romney and i both agree, we have to boost american energy production. and oil and natural...
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both mitt romney, president obama practically tripping over one another. both in new york city today. so much happening in just the course of a couple of hours. we clocked it for you beginning at 7:00 this morning, eastern time, with the president on nbc's "today" show talking education. move that clock forward until 9:00 this morning eastern time, mitt romney speaking at the clinton global initiative. 10:00 this morning, president obama talking to the united nations general assembly saying that the united states, quote, will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 11:00 this morning, the candidates in new york, appearances here, colliding, first you have the president and the first lady making a taped appearance on "the view." and then mitt romney sitting down with brian williams at nbc for a live discussion on education. couple of hours later, noon, president takes his turn speaking before the clinton global initiative. i want to just play a little sound from that. this is when the president talks about the issue of human traffic
both mitt romney, president obama practically tripping over one another. both in new york city today. so much happening in just the course of a couple of hours. we clocked it for you beginning at 7:00 this morning, eastern time, with the president on nbc's "today" show talking education. move that clock forward until 9:00 this morning eastern time, mitt romney speaking at the clinton global initiative. 10:00 this morning, president obama talking to the united nations general assembly...
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obama has a problem with progressives, romney is a problem with conservatives. giving some sense, how would you grade him on women's issues? it is a sign of the lily ledbetter law. they gave him very high marks for that. he picked hillary clinton as a secondary -- as the secretary of state. how would you grade him on women's issues? >> he put to stellar women on the united states supreme court. and also, when the members of congress came to us during the budget debacle a year-and-a-half back and said that we want to defund planned parenthood, he said, not going to happen. those were more less his exact words. i really appreciate that he drew that particular line in the sand. if i were to fall of the president, it would be for wasting what i think is substantial time trying to reach across the aisle to reach by partisan conclusions with people that were not interested in policy and only interested in his personal destruction. if he came up with compromises that they had spelled out, they would change what they wanted from him because all they wanted was to see hi
obama has a problem with progressives, romney is a problem with conservatives. giving some sense, how would you grade him on women's issues? it is a sign of the lily ledbetter law. they gave him very high marks for that. he picked hillary clinton as a secondary -- as the secretary of state. how would you grade him on women's issues? >> he put to stellar women on the united states supreme court. and also, when the members of congress came to us during the budget debacle a year-and-a-half...
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>> i was pretty dissatisfied with both romney and obama before tonight. >> after looking at the debate, i think the president was very presidential in his presentation and i thought he was a little more specific, although rummy seem to be very aggressive. i think he was allowed over aggressive. he still ducked and ran away from at least two or three questions that were asked. he did not give a specific plan of where he wants to go. i think he was just over aggressive as far as criticizing the president over his record of the last 3.5 years. i think it is too early right now to start predicting who won the debate. i think romney was aggressive. eight british much tried to draw president obama into a dog fight and i think president obama did excellent by keeping his approach it -- keeping his composure. the voters will decide within the next two debates who they want to vote for. i think it is too early right now. >> do you think mr. romney gained some ground from this? >> i think a tree is known by the fruit it bears. i think he has flip flop of a lot of the issues he has gone through t
>> i was pretty dissatisfied with both romney and obama before tonight. >> after looking at the debate, i think the president was very presidential in his presentation and i thought he was a little more specific, although rummy seem to be very aggressive. i think he was allowed over aggressive. he still ducked and ran away from at least two or three questions that were asked. he did not give a specific plan of where he wants to go. i think he was just over aggressive as far as...
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both barack obama and mitt romney were quick to seize on the numbers. here is our north america editor. >> snow in downtown denver slow down the rush hour, that millions of americans have no need form morning haste -- no need for morning haze. how to create more jobs has been central for this election. unemployment rose after barack obama became president, peaking at just over 10%. today's figure is the first time it has been under 8% for 44 months. >> this morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. [applause] >> the good news comes at the end of a bad week for the president where he was widely derided for a lackluster debate performance. now some feel he is back. >> we have made to much progress to return to the policies that led to the crisis in the first place. i cannot allow that to happen. i will not allow that to happen. that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. >> blaming unemployment on the president has been central to the case of republicans. >> under
both barack obama and mitt romney were quick to seize on the numbers. here is our north america editor. >> snow in downtown denver slow down the rush hour, that millions of americans have no need form morning haste -- no need for morning haze. how to create more jobs has been central for this election. unemployment rose after barack obama became president, peaking at just over 10%. today's figure is the first time it has been under 8% for 44 months. >> this morning, we found out...
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if romney loses, you will see a wide open appeal in both sides. tavis: since you went there, i will go there and right back. how long does hillary have to decide whether or not she is going to go in? >> i think she probably has two years. that is a long time. i do agree with you that if she decides to run, she will be a huge front runner. normally, i would not say that this far out, but she has so much appeal and there is a feeling that, if she wants it, it is her turn. more than that, there is a lot of support for her. people think she has done a great job as secretary of state. my sense is that the democratic party doing back-to-back history, that is very powerful. i covered her senate campaign in new york and her presidential campaign in 2008. if you ask me one year ago, i would say, she is 69 and wants to move on. my bet is that she would be tempted to run this time. i think she will run. tavis: bill wants her to run. for what it's worth, president clinton wants her to run. that is into the future. let me come back to the present. the debates
if romney loses, you will see a wide open appeal in both sides. tavis: since you went there, i will go there and right back. how long does hillary have to decide whether or not she is going to go in? >> i think she probably has two years. that is a long time. i do agree with you that if she decides to run, she will be a huge front runner. normally, i would not say that this far out, but she has so much appeal and there is a feeling that, if she wants it, it is her turn. more than that,...
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on energy, governor romney and i both agreed that we have to boost american energy production, an oil and natural gas production are hired and have been in years. but i also believe that we have to look at the energy source of the future like wind, solar, and biofuel, and make those investments. all of this is possible. in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficits. how do we do with our tax code, and how do we make sure that we are reducing spending in a responsible way? this is where there is a difference, because governor romney central economic plan calls for a tax cut on top of the bush tax cuts, and $2 trillion in additional military ssending. how we pay for that, reduce the deficit, and make the investments that we need to make without dumping those costs on to middle-class americans is one of the central questions of this campaign. >> both of you have spoken about a lot of different things. we will try to get through them in as pacific away as we possibly can. governor romney, -- in as specific as a way as we possibly can. governor romney, do you have a questiin y
on energy, governor romney and i both agreed that we have to boost american energy production, an oil and natural gas production are hired and have been in years. but i also believe that we have to look at the energy source of the future like wind, solar, and biofuel, and make those investments. all of this is possible. in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficits. how do we do with our tax code, and how do we make sure that we are reducing spending in a responsible way? this is...
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gwen: both sides seem to be playing to grievance and to the agrived. whether it's the o-- woman in the ad who says mitt romney scares me or the white working class men who the obama campaign is having trouble getting. it seems like it's all playing to kind of everyone's anxiety and idea that someone else is either taking something from them or giving something to someone else. >> i think that's right. because this campaign is in its essence about the economy and people's economic anxieties, their fear for the future and other things and john is absolutely right about the women. i was up in boston this week talking to a lot of romney campaign advisors and they were very proud of this welfare ad because they said it tests extremely well with independents and specifically with women. it's one thing that's worrisome to them in some battleground polls, like ohio, for example, a very important state. he is falling behind with where i am. so it will be interesting to see how much this ad affects things there, if at all. gwen: it's interesting that it tests we
gwen: both sides seem to be playing to grievance and to the agrived. whether it's the o-- woman in the ad who says mitt romney scares me or the white working class men who the obama campaign is having trouble getting. it seems like it's all playing to kind of everyone's anxiety and idea that someone else is either taking something from them or giving something to someone else. >> i think that's right. because this campaign is in its essence about the economy and people's economic...
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tom, what is the reaction from both candidates? >> we've been on the phone tonight with both campaigns. we spoke with one romney campaign official who said quote, he crushed it. quite frankly. the romney forces appeared their a-game left on the obama camp. they were more measured. say said this dewait unfolded and the president in their viewpoint got stronger as this debate went on. one of the very first direct exchanges came on the issue of the deficit. governor romney challenged the president that he had not done enough to reduce the president. lead to mass i have cuts. >> you have been president four years. you would cut the deficit in half, we still have trillion dollar deficits. a trillion dollar deficit each of the four years. if you are reelected, we'll get to a trillion dollar debt. >> we're asking for no revenue, we hag to give -- end up in resulting in se veer hardship for poem. >> social security is also a big topic. both men went back and forth on this one. >> you can call it a target or lind pent voters. they are event
tom, what is the reaction from both candidates? >> we've been on the phone tonight with both campaigns. we spoke with one romney campaign official who said quote, he crushed it. quite frankly. the romney forces appeared their a-game left on the obama camp. they were more measured. say said this dewait unfolded and the president in their viewpoint got stronger as this debate went on. one of the very first direct exchanges came on the issue of the deficit. governor romney challenged the...
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mitt romney manages to disc both pbs and nickelodeon in the same week. i don't know why he hates children so much. maybe it is because so many will grow up to be women, minorities and poor people, his mortal enemies. and a texas school district is forcing students to wear radio tracking chips and civil libertarians are crying foul. but don't they cry foul when adults are implanted with chips too? you can't make them happy. and come on down. the price is right -- "the price is right" names its first ever male spokes model. i don't know where this leads us as a culture, but i'm sure on a slippery slope. andy? >> see you at the half. let's welcome our guests. i am here with remi spencer. and it is gavin mcguiness, writing fore "talking ma g.com" and street carnage.com." and bill schulz who thinks he is on "glee" and it is dennis neil. >> a block, the lede, that's the first story. >> so does he not like our nation's tykes? apparently mitt romney hates children. he promised to kill big bird with his own bear hands, i believe. and obama's campaign hasn't forgo
mitt romney manages to disc both pbs and nickelodeon in the same week. i don't know why he hates children so much. maybe it is because so many will grow up to be women, minorities and poor people, his mortal enemies. and a texas school district is forcing students to wear radio tracking chips and civil libertarians are crying foul. but don't they cry foul when adults are implanted with chips too? you can't make them happy. and come on down. the price is right -- "the price is right"...
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we have tried both approaches. the approach that governor romney is talking about is the same sales pitch that was made in 2001 and 2003. we ended up with the slowest job growth and 50 years. we ended up living from surplus to deficits. it culminated in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. bill clinton tried the approach i am talking about. we created 23 million new jobs, but from deficit to surplus, and businesses did well. in some ways we have some data on which approach is more likely to create jobs and opportunity for americans. i believe that the economy works best when middle-class families are getting tax breaks and those of us who have done well because of this magnificent country we live in that we can afford to do more to make sure we are not blowing up the deficit. >> he gets the first word of that segment. let me make this comment. let me repeat what i said. i am not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. that is not
we have tried both approaches. the approach that governor romney is talking about is the same sales pitch that was made in 2001 and 2003. we ended up with the slowest job growth and 50 years. we ended up living from surplus to deficits. it culminated in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. bill clinton tried the approach i am talking about. we created 23 million new jobs, but from deficit to surplus, and businesses did well. in some ways we have some data on which approach is...
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both parties need to think about the british example. republicans need to get a little more in the middle, maybe it is by environmental protection or reaching out to the hispanic community. >> then romney's moderate record put him at odds with fellow republicans. some of the bigger questions for republican center on the growing hispanic neighborhoods. latinos are the largest minority, and they voted overwhelmingly for president obama. this restaurant is run by colombian immigrants. a place to shop and sometimes talk politics. what would it take for people to vote for republican candidates? >> the thing is our culture is very entwined with republicans. we are very religious, all of the things that make us republican, and except that they do not want us here. >> for now they must leave their losses. they know tomorrow the battle starts over again. >> despite president obama's victory his celebration may be short-lived. last night voters voted to keep the house of representatives in republican control. as you have seen, the divisions betwee
both parties need to think about the british example. republicans need to get a little more in the middle, maybe it is by environmental protection or reaching out to the hispanic community. >> then romney's moderate record put him at odds with fellow republicans. some of the bigger questions for republican center on the growing hispanic neighborhoods. latinos are the largest minority, and they voted overwhelmingly for president obama. this restaurant is run by colombian immigrants. a...
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and governor romney. [ applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's start with the economy. segment one, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating new jobs? have you two minutes. each of you have two minutes to start. a coin toss determined, mr. president, you go first. >> thank you very much, jim, for this opportunity. i want to thank governor romney and the university of denver for your hospitality, a lot of points i want to make tonight, but the most important one is that 20 years ago, became the luckiest man on earth because michelle obama agreed to marry me. i want to wish you happy anniversary, and a year from now, we won't celebrate it in front of 40 million people. four years ago, we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost, the auto industry was on the brink of collapse the financial system had frozen up, and because of theo resilience and determinatin of the american people, we've begun to fight our way bac
and governor romney. [ applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's start with the economy. segment one, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating new jobs? have you two minutes. each of you have two minutes to start. a coin toss determined, mr. president, you go first. >> thank you very much, jim, for this opportunity. i want to thank governor romney and the university of denver for...
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i think i only hear from romney the what. >> both candidates seemed very prepared. it makes it hard to tell how they went over with undecided voters who may have heard many of the points before. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> how will you vote in this year's election. take the ktvu election quiz. this candidate is the best match for you. >> ktvu political analysts is keeping a close eye on tomorrow's debate. >> i know you've seen so many debate. who do you think came up on top tonight. >> it's a good night for governor romney. no big surprises, no real mistakes, no gas, no outstanding zingers. i think romney is poised. he did what he did it to do. he's behind in the battle ground states and deceptive with attacking the president. this is pretty much a good night for him. he avoided the pitfalls. president obama, social security, medicare, medicaid and he avoided it. >> what do you think viewers are looking for in tonight's debate? >> i think voters look what they are looking for. and voters have an opportunity to compare the two candidates, basically saying, someone repre
i think i only hear from romney the what. >> both candidates seemed very prepared. it makes it hard to tell how they went over with undecided voters who may have heard many of the points before. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> how will you vote in this year's election. take the ktvu election quiz. this candidate is the best match for you. >> ktvu political analysts is keeping a close eye on tomorrow's debate. >> i know you've seen so many debate. who do you think came up on...
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welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in american political history. something you wouldn't say about president obama and joe biden or the last republican ticket. the second thing i think it says is it gives us some sense of the kind of campaign that governor romney would like to think he wants to run. in that sense what this says is he wants to run a campaign on the economy but also on the big fiscal choices that he thinks contribute to the future of the country. in picking ryan, he's made an explicit statement about that. >> woodruff: so, christina, what does that say about what ryan brings to the ticket in terms of his stren
welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in...
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we talk about barack obama and mitt romney. >> i would like to see both of them stepped in my boots for about six months. i don't think they understand what the individual goes through. they need to try living paycheck to paycheck. >> he has spent his whole life here. a community built on paper mills and steel. the downtown streets are lined with casualties of the economic crisis. for five across town, school has let out. the oldest is thinking about the university. they're looking for part-time work. >> it is not a single income economy any more. gas prices are through the roof. we have a family of seven. education systems worry me, health-care worries me. what will that do for my kids and grandkids? >> what barack obama and mitt romney have to address is a kind of middle-class malaise, a perception that while the rich will take care of themselves, and the poor will be taken care of by the state, people in the beenle have somehow b forgotten. this is what the middle class dream was supposed to look like. >> 1950's middletown. >> folbaumike, well, i think he did a decent job but i don't
we talk about barack obama and mitt romney. >> i would like to see both of them stepped in my boots for about six months. i don't think they understand what the individual goes through. they need to try living paycheck to paycheck. >> he has spent his whole life here. a community built on paper mills and steel. the downtown streets are lined with casualties of the economic crisis. for five across town, school has let out. the oldest is thinking about the university. they're looking...
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listen to this. >> governor romney and i both agree our cooperate tax rate is too high. we both agree we've got to boost american energy production and it appears we've got some agreement that a marketplace to work has to have some regulation. i suspect that on social security we've got a somewhat similar position. >> you understand what he was trying do there? >> yeah, i do. >> i got a bit confused. >> i think you're right, wolf. and i think that is a disastrous approach. the truth of the matter is mitt romney right now is the head of a right-wing extremist party called the republican party. it wasn't always the case. that's what they are today. if the president cannot differentiate himself clearly from right-wing extremism, we've got a lot of problems as a nation and he's got problems as a candidate running for re-election. in terms of social security, it is absurd for the president to say that he and romney are coming down in the same way. social security today has a $2.7 trillion surplus. social security hasn't contributed one nickel to the deficit, can pay out benef
listen to this. >> governor romney and i both agree our cooperate tax rate is too high. we both agree we've got to boost american energy production and it appears we've got some agreement that a marketplace to work has to have some regulation. i suspect that on social security we've got a somewhat similar position. >> you understand what he was trying do there? >> yeah, i do. >> i got a bit confused. >> i think you're right, wolf. and i think that is a disastrous...
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. >> bret: survey says, round one goes to romney. how both sides say he won the debate. how the president lost and where we go from here. this is "special report". good evening. i'm bret baier. mitt romney is hoping to take the ball and run with it after what was by most accounts a winning performance in the first of three debates with president obama. governor romney running mate, paul ryan, will be at a rally in virginia in a few minutes. the candidates are spreading out to some of the most hotly contested battle grounds after romney's gather not guilty virginia, he will move on to florida tomorrow. president obama had an event in denver, then in wisconsin today and goes on to virginia and ohio friday. we have fox team coverage tonight. jim angle has a fact check on last night's most heated issue, tax policy. ed henry has the obama campaign reaction. and we begin with carl cameron on the first debate. good evening, carl. >> hi, brett. the romney campaign could hardly be more excited about what happened last night. in fact, since the debate ended, they say they've been
. >> bret: survey says, round one goes to romney. how both sides say he won the debate. how the president lost and where we go from here. this is "special report". good evening. i'm bret baier. mitt romney is hoping to take the ball and run with it after what was by most accounts a winning performance in the first of three debates with president obama. governor romney running mate, paul ryan, will be at a rally in virginia in a few minutes. the candidates are spreading out to...
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what the budget plan mitt romney supports actually does. more huge tax breaks skewed to the wealthy. while cutting nearly eight hundred billion from medicaid... even though middle-class families rely on medicaid to help loved ones cover nursing-home care. and it helps parents support children with disabilities. if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities?
what the budget plan mitt romney supports actually does. more huge tax breaks skewed to the wealthy. while cutting nearly eight hundred billion from medicaid... even though middle-class families rely on medicaid to help loved ones cover nursing-home care. and it helps parents support children with disabilities. if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities?
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. >> governor romney and i both agree our corporate tax rate is too high. governor romney and i, we both agree that we've got to boost american energy production. one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is getting businesses to work with community colleges so they are setting up their training programs. >> do you agree, governor? >> let me finish my point. >> what's the strategy there? why try to raise romney up to his level? >> yeah, you know, it was one of those moments where i was watching this on twitter where people who supported the president were literally having their heads exploding. this is where you see the obama camp sometimes reading too much into what makes him more popular and likable. i think they see, well, he's a guy willing to compromise and be conciliatory. they didn't want to sacrifice likability in order to go against mitt romney, but unfortunately that's not how you debate. i think they need to go back and stop trying to shore up what's already there, that the president is likable. the president is presiden
. >> governor romney and i both agree our corporate tax rate is too high. governor romney and i, we both agree that we've got to boost american energy production. one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is getting businesses to work with community colleges so they are setting up their training programs. >> do you agree, governor? >> let me finish my point. >> what's the strategy there? why try to raise romney up to his level? >> yeah,...
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still angry about the bailouts, the wall street bailout, that sort of thing, so it is going to cut both ways. i think on balance, it will be a plus for the president. tavis: what is your sense of how mitt romney has played this, particularly given the role that his father played in detroit years ago. >> i think he is trying to draw a fine line here, perhaps too fine, tavis. he says he was opposed of the bailout but wanted to say detroit. if you go back to 2008, 2009, there really was not any private money to come out and put into the automotive industry. the money would have had to come from the banks and private equity people, and nobody was coming forward to put up the money. tavis: when you say president obama say to detroit with his plan, how is it, as we speak? >> it is doing pretty well. sales are good. profit is good. all the companies are still around. you have general motors, ford, and chrysler. what they did is they closed factories they did not need and changed some of the work rules in the factories, and that was a big deal. and used to be that you could only change a light
still angry about the bailouts, the wall street bailout, that sort of thing, so it is going to cut both ways. i think on balance, it will be a plus for the president. tavis: what is your sense of how mitt romney has played this, particularly given the role that his father played in detroit years ago. >> i think he is trying to draw a fine line here, perhaps too fine, tavis. he says he was opposed of the bailout but wanted to say detroit. if you go back to 2008, 2009, there really was not...
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and so those sorts of, the mitt romney attacks on obama and president obama's attacks on romney both seem to be landing. but not a sense of oh finally someone's giving me a solution. voters seem to be hungering for that but not getting it at this stage of the campaign. >> enjoy your travels anna, talking to voters is a very good idea if we say so ourselves. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> we posted anna's latest blog. >> ifill: we've posted anna's latest blog for itsafreecountry.org online, along with a map of where she's headed to next. you can try out your own november 6 scenarios in our vote 2012 map center. and you can share those electoral college predictions with your friends on facebook and twitter. that's all on our politics page. >> brown: next, new battle lines are being drawn in the rainforest of the americas, and billions of dollars are at stake. canadian mining companies hold about 1,400 properties in developing nations from mexico to argentina. one of those is in panama, where local groups have teamed up with environmental activists to halt the building of new mines. our
and so those sorts of, the mitt romney attacks on obama and president obama's attacks on romney both seem to be landing. but not a sense of oh finally someone's giving me a solution. voters seem to be hungering for that but not getting it at this stage of the campaign. >> enjoy your travels anna, talking to voters is a very good idea if we say so ourselves. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> we posted anna's latest blog. >> ifill: we've posted anna's latest blog for...
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because it represents the worst of both worlds. audience: boo! gwen: of course, this is aarp, which supported obama care. but romney also dismissed chances for a two-state solution to the middle east peace process. then the president, in a video unearthed from 1998 appeared to endorse income redirection plus, he took took fire for failing to support immigration reform during his first term in office. >> you promised something. and a promise is a promise. you didn't keep that promise. >> i did not make a promise that i would get everything done 100% when i was elected as president. gwen: is this a new form of debate prep? >> it's like a fixed vegas fight gone awry when both boxers think they're supposed to lose. you look at the missteps that mitt romney has had and what it's cost him in terms of opportunity. all these errors that the president has made where mitt romney could have been making inroads. we're 46 days out. are we still talking about who's the real mitt romney? >> here's where they see the opening in the romney campaign. they've been
because it represents the worst of both worlds. audience: boo! gwen: of course, this is aarp, which supported obama care. but romney also dismissed chances for a two-state solution to the middle east peace process. then the president, in a video unearthed from 1998 appeared to endorse income redirection plus, he took took fire for failing to support immigration reform during his first term in office. >> you promised something. and a promise is a promise. you didn't keep that promise....
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they both have a little problem with details. but there is a big, i would strike a big contrast if i was mitt romney. i would put a working state on one side and a welfare state on the other side and i would say america would be much, much better if dollars were earned instead of dollars awarded. it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney has to do more of that. has he been specific with his plan? he laid five out in the debate, which is more than the president did. that's why independents thought mitt romney did very, very well. >> let me ask you about one of the issues where they differ, medicare. that is a big deal in florida romney says he supports vouchers for medicare, a plan that is not very popular. how does play in florida with all those seniors? >> right now in florida, you've got about 12 million registered voters. 36% who are republicans, you have 40% who are de
they both have a little problem with details. but there is a big, i would strike a big contrast if i was mitt romney. i would put a working state on one side and a welfare state on the other side and i would say america would be much, much better if dollars were earned instead of dollars awarded. it is time to stop rewarding our friends and punishing our enemies and having the government treat every american the same, which is a foundational principal of the rule of law. and i think mitt romney...